Re: aclocal only picking up /usr/local/share and not /usr/share

2011-04-01 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
[ dropping automake@ ] * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:17:09AM CET: > But then I have to say, the page above is admittetdly not easy to find, > being indexed with the incompete title "Scanning configure.ac or > configure.in". Ralf, what about the attached patch (for maint)?

Re: bug#8168: macros directory not created automatically

2011-04-01 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 08:44:03PM CET: > > > Attached is a patch series (2 patches) that should address the issue. > The series i

Re: bug#8365: 3 of 657 tests failed

2011-04-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 02:54:36PM CEST: > > At this point I'm not anymore sure this is just a testsuite-related issue > > -- it seems like a genuine bug in Automake-generated remake rules. WDYT? > > No. You were right o

Re: [PATCH] {maint} tests: improve tests on "maintainer-clean" target

2011-04-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:03:01PM CEST: > > On Thursday 31 March 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > I haven't tested on MinGW recently, and haven't tested branch-1.11 in a > > > longer while. The limit was 32K for argv pl

Re: aclocal only picking up /usr/local/share and not /usr/share

2011-04-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > [ dropping automake@ ] > > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:17:09AM CET: > > But then I have to say, the page above is admittetdly not easy to find, > > being indexed with the incompete title "Scanning configure.ac or > > config

Re: subdir-objects, dirstamps and --disable-dependency-tracking (bug!)

2011-04-01 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Ignacy Gawedzki wrote on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:13:32AM CEST: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 07:51:40AM +0200, thus spake Ralf Wildenhues: > > * Ignacy Gawedzki wrote on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:03:09AM CEST: > > > I suspect I found a bug in automake 1.11.1 . > > > > Yes, you have. Thanks for report

Re: aclocal only picking up /usr/local/share and not /usr/share

2011-04-01 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 01:20:38PM CEST: > On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > Subject: [PATCH] docs: better visibility for aclocal in the index > > > > > > * doc/automake.texi (@menu): Rename title for entry 'configure' > > > from "Scanning configure.ac

Re: bug#8365: 3 of 657 tests failed

2011-04-01 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 01:09:41PM CEST: > In the end, I'm OK with your proposal of adding a sleep to the > failing tests, but I'd also like to add an (xfailing) testcase > to expose the issue we have dig up with big efforts. This is > what I've done in the attached patch

Re: bug#8168: macros directory not created automatically

2011-04-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 08:44:03PM CET: > > > > > > > Attached is a patch series

Re: bug#8168: macros directory not created automatically

2011-04-01 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 03:13:19PM CEST: > On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > Patch 2: > > - Should `--install -I foo/bar/m4' create intermediate directories, or > > would we suspect a typo? > > > I'd say the latter. It should be good enough for the all

Re: aclocal only picking up /usr/local/share and not /usr/share

2011-04-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 01:20:38PM CEST: > > On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > Subject: [PATCH] docs: better visibility for aclocal in the index > > > > > > > > * doc/automake.texi (@menu): Rename tit

Re: bug#8168: macros directory not created automatically

2011-04-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 03:13:19PM CEST: > > On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > Patch 2: > > > - Should `--install -I $dir' also create an absolute $dir? > > > > > I think so. Why shouldn't it? > > Well

Re: subdir-objects, dirstamps and --disable-dependency-tracking (bug!)

2011-04-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
[dropping automake list] Hello Ralf. I've just a couple of very minor nits/questions ... On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > Create subdirs for generated sources even when not dep tracking. > > * automake.in (handle_single_transform): If $object is derived > and

Re: bug#8365: 3 of 657 tests failed

2011-04-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 01:09:41PM CEST: > > In the end, I'm OK with your proposal of adding a sleep to the > > failing tests, but I'd also like to add an (xfailing) testcase > > to expose the issue we have dig up with big

Re: bug#8365: 3 of 657 tests failed

2011-04-01 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 06:50:12PM CEST: > On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > tests/remake-bug8365.test | 99 > > > + > > > > and the name of the new test is inconsistent. I suggest either > > pr8365.test

aclocal installs third-party m4 files in directories specified with absolute paths, even if it is documented not to

2011-04-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Reference to thread: Reference to parent message: On Friday 01 April 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wro